Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-11-04
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GENERAL SPORTING NOTES.

Hanlan, the oarsman, is better and has
resumed training for his race with Beach
The second 10 of the Montreal Football
club beat McGill's second - with a score
of : to q.
Gent, the we'll known runner, beat
Hutchens Saturday in 120 yards sprint
race at Newcastle, England.
Sebastian Miller is ready to accept the
challenge Of August smith. to wrestle
Grpco- Roman style, for $500.
1t is said that boating is losing favor al
Columbia college, and there are slim pros
poets for even-a fair varsity crew next
ear.
Football Saturday Princeton GO, Wes-
leyau 0; Trinity college 90, Amherst col
lege G: Yale so, University of Pennsylva-
mao.
On Monday Joseph Spencer, the English
pedestrian commences the task OF walk
ing 5000 miles in 1000 hours across country,
starting from London.
Harry Gilmore, the Canadian light
weight and Billy Myers of Streator, ILL.,,
have been matched TO fight again in the
State of Illinois within four weeks for
$1,000 a side.
The New York Athletic club will hold
its fifth annual competition tor the cross
country championship OF America on cleo
ton day, November S. The course is five
HIKES DN stClileil lhSdSUASIlIGAS'
John Teemer who is now the undisput-
ed single scull champion of America, hay
ing beaten both Hanlan and Gaudaur, Ar
rived in New York Saturday Monday he
was presented with the single scull cham-
pionship silver trophy.
George Rowell has written 10 say that
he will be in America in time to take part
in the great six day s-you-please match
in Philadelphia Thanksgiving week. His
Il t,,k kNt civ hn TO
barkers "a life" as the base ballers say.
The six days eight t-hours-a-day walking
match at Easton, Pa, closed Saturday
night. The records were as follows: Guer-
zero, 800 miles: Hegelman, 291 Taylor.
293 Golden, 2l0; Howart, 1917 kirken-
dali, 1876; Whitney, 176; Sullivan, las.
At Plainfeld, N. j., Saturday night
John Gillen of Newark in three rounds in
an open field knocked out Michael Mul-
len, u younger brother Of Patrick Mullen
the English champion. There was little
science, but much blood
The 24-hour bicycle road race, under the
auspices of the bicycling World, which
started from the Fanueii House in Brigh-
ton, Monday afternoon at 3:l3I, was
brought to close at 4;42 Tuesday morn
ing, With Hollingsworth far in advance of
his competitors.
The"unknownn who beat Spriuter Be-
Inune, III opldWe., outdIIOs d NcCh dSO,
could not have been the English cham
pion Gent, as was so generally surmised,
as Gent on Saturday at Gateshead, Eng.
land, beat Hutchins in 100 yards race for
$1,000 and the championship of England.
The entries for the six days go-as you
please, to be held in Philadelphia Thanks
giving week, are George Littlewood
the champion of England; Peter Panchot,
who claims the championship of Amer
ica James Alberts, Anton Strokel, Frank
Hart, Bobby Vint and George Noremac.
The entries close to-day,
In the annual fall handicap meeting of
the Harvard Athletic association held
Saturday at Cambridge, Mass, the win
ners were The l25 yards hurdle race,
walk over for Noble, 'SS, time l9s the
lOO-yards dash was won by Burt, l.. 3, in
lO5'7s the two-mile bicycle race, won by
Davis, 'sl (scratch), time dm. 2 IS, this
lowers the Harvard record by 25s
one mile walk, won by Burling
ham, '9l time SIN. 4O1'2s; high
Jump, won by Hale, '9l (scratch),
5 IT. 391 in 440 yards dash, won by Stead,
'9l, 25 yards, time Sis ; ! mile run, won by
Davenport, '9l scratch, time Am. 46S 22
yards dash, won Dade, 80, 12 yards, time
2315s; broad jump, won by Wolf, 80, Is
in, Is IT. 4 in. half mile run, won by
Cogswell, '6S scratch, time 2m. 4-5s.
throwing the hammer, won by Gibson,
SO IT pole vault, won by Leayitt, 80, is IT..
| "a in putting the shot, II, b. ellison, 'SS,
81 IT. 5 in.